[I]nnovative, well-organized, thoroughly-researched, and engagingly written collection. All contributions are informed by the most recent relevant historiographies as well as by pertinent theoretical literature. The book represents an original and significant contribution to an under-studied topic: the history of slavery, plantation slavery, and abolitionism in the Spanish imperial system.
Jesus Cruz, University of Delaware [A]n important and ... Read moretimely volume, with an all-star cast of contributors from many countries, each approaching the topic of Spanish abolitionism from a different angle.
Kris Lane, Tulane University This is an outstanding volume that addresses and analyses a significant set of questions in the history of slavery and the history of colonial and post-independence Latin America...The editors and authors deal eloquently and effectively with the current concepts and methodologies in slavery and Ibero-American studies.
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